The v0.2.0 release of vPoller comes with a lot of new features, bug fixes and lots of new methods for discovery and collecting of vSphere Object properties!

As a sysadmin I often have the need to get information about an environment quickly and efficiently. I am sure that most of the fellow sysadmins out there also automate their daily tasks in some form of scripts and tools, which make their life easier.

Some time ago, I’ve started a project with educational purposes called the UNIX/Linux Wargames.

I’ve been an owner of an Arduino board for some time already, but until very recently I didn’t really find some time to play with it.

groklearning.com provides a platform for online education where one can learn how to program in Python.

Another project I’ve been playing with recently is the Asynchronous Service Manager.

Infoblox develops some really nice products for automating and managing your network infrastructure services such as DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM) and others.

I’ve been a Zabbix user for quite some time already, but one thing that I always wanted and which Zabbix lacks as a feature so far is the ability to import AD/LDAP users and groups.

The VMware vSphere Distributed Pollers, a.k.a vPoller has reached version 0.1.1.

vPoller is a distributed system written in Python for discoverying and polling of vSphere Objects properties.